George Peppin

George Peppin (1841-14 September 1904) was a corrupt sheriff in Lincoln County, New Mexico during the Lincoln County War.

Biography
George Peppin was born in Vermont in 1841, and he later moved to California and served in the US Army during the American Civil War. He worked as a mason in Lincoln, New Mexico before becoming associated with James Dolan in 1874. Peppin became a deputy sheriff for William J. Brady, and, following Brady's death, Dolan and Lawrence Murphy had Peppin elected Sheriff. He then led a campaign against the Lincoln County Regulators, and he led a posse into Lincoln on 15 July 1878 to wipe out the Regulators. The battle ended in a draw, with several men on both sides being killed. He resigned as sheriff after the Regulators fled town, and he worked as a butcher at Fort Stanton, fearing for his life. He died in solitude in 1904.